evidence of mining that I saw there. Where
last spring I saw only a few corner stakes,
a lone cabin and half dozen prospect holes
I now saw cabins, homes, stores, & great
dumps of pay dirt, with a small army of
busy miners getting out more and preparing
for the spring clean up. We took lunch
with the Barber roadhouse, and a good one it
was with home canned fruit (from their own
California ranch) and good coffee. After
noon we crossed the Cleary divide - down
Pedro & Gold Stream, and on into Fairbanks
at 8 oclock - a distance of 35 or 40 miles
today. Mr. Hess had some mail for us - one
letter (Mch. 8th) from Debbie & one from
Darrell- Went to Edgars & had supper
- bath - and am now going to bed tired
& sleepy after a long hard trip of
400 miles mostly afoot.